[threeseed]

So it seems as though there is basically a Hypervisor OS and two Virtual Machines. One for TV and one for Gaming. Given that TV and Gaming have vastly different resource requirements and use cases it isn't surprising that you would optimise for each use case.

Also it wouldn't surprise me if Microsoft in the future releases a cheap AppleTV competitor with just the TV VM and a cheap gaming only XBox with just the Gaming VM.

[upthedale]

I think its well known that Microsoft are working on the former, a non-gaming Xbox (save for casual games perhaps), primarily designed for films, TV and music. Unfortunately I can't go digging for sources now, and a cursory search is swamped by results of this new announcement